Ruling · Mitra Saptamī · 2069

Friday 20 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 20 December

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 December

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 06:23 on Fri 20 Dec to 05:36 on Sat 21 Dec.

    2069-12-19T22:22:51Z → 2069-12-20T21:35:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 20th, 11:52–12:40 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 19742 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mitra Saptamī, Baoding, 2069: Friday 20 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mitra Saptamī 2069 falls on Friday 20 December. Saptamī runs from 06:23 on Fri 20 Dec to 05:36 on Sat 21 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/mitra-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 Dec
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mitra-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 7 Mitra saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:23 → 13:3611:270 min11:2748 min20 Dec
Chicago16:23 → 15:3611:240 min11:2548 min20 Dec
Jersey City17:23 → 16:3611:300 min11:3048 min20 Dec
Port of Spain18:23 → 17:3611:400 min11:4048 min20 Dec
London22:23 → 21:3611:340 min11:3448 min20 Dec
Durban00:23 → 23:3611:290 min11:3048 min20 Dec
Dubai02:23 → 01:3611:520 min11:5348 min20 Dec
Delhi03:53 → 03:0611:540 min11:5548 min20 Dec
Kolkata03:53 → 03:0611:100 min11:1048 min20 Dec
Singapore06:23 → 05:3612:380 min12:3848 min20 Dec
Sydney09:23 → 08:3612:280 min12:2948 min20 Dec
Suva10:23 → 09:3611:390 min11:4048 min20 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mitra-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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